The Savage Sword of Conan served up a monthly dose of Conan the Cimmerian along with secondary tales of Robert E. Howard’s other characters such as Solomon Kane, King Kull and Bran Mak Morn, plus the Howard/Roy Thomas amalgam Red Sonja. In the 235 issues, from August 1974 to July Read More
by D.K. Latta For a family lost somewhere in deep space, the Robinson family keep finding their way back to our screens! There have been three main iterations of the concept — the original 1960s TV series, a 1998 feature film, and now a re-booted 2018 series for Netflix (not Read More
The Jules De Grandin stories by Seabury Quinn were not innovative so much as reactionary. Anyone familiar with the Horror and Mystery of the previous generation can easily glean where the author found inspiration. Quinn’s magic lies not in creating a Cthulhu Mythos, but in taking a fully modern approach Read More
“The Hidden World” (Science Wonder Quarterly, Fall 1929) by Edmond Hamilton was one of seven stories he wrote for Hugo Gernsback before 1930. I sought it out specifically to see how it compared to his earliest works at Weird Tales, which predate this Science Fiction epic. I was curious if Read More
By D. K. Latta Superhero movies and TV shows are big box office these days, with their roots in comic books. While comic book superheroes were inspired by the pulp magazine mystery men that preceded them. The themes and tropes and archetypes relating to superheroes and masked mystery men are Read More
Flaxman Low was one of the first “periodical” occult detectives. By that, I mean, a psychic investigator who was featured in a magazine as a recurring character. Low wasn’t the first. That honor belongs to Sherlock Holmes, who though he didn’t always chase the unknown, did on occasion face such Read More
Whether you loved him or hated him, no one can deny that he was a giant of literature, SF, Fantasy or otherwise. Iconic and controversial, Ellison’s writing career crossed multiple genres, from horror to SF to speculative fiction, across a career studded with awards from the Nebulas to the Hugos and Read More
The long awaited sequel to our best selling title DEBT’S PLEDGE has finally been released! Jefferson Odett returns in Jack Mackenzie’s DEBT’S HONOR, an action-packed military science fiction adventure that will have you hooked! PIRATES, ALIENS, BUREAUCRATS – WHO CAN YOU TRUST? Korax is a colony world beset by problems. Read More
The fourth issue of DARK WORLDS QUARTERLY is here! It has been a very long and hard winter and we’ve been doing some much needed hibernating. We’re very much awake now for Spring of 2018, and we managed to give the old Quarterly a bit of a new look! Plus Read More
GW: What’s your all-time favorite space opera novel? JM: You know, that’s a tough one. I love several space opera series, but the kinds that I like best are the ones that have the full package for me. That includes spaceships, galactic travel, aliens, robots, etc. I love current series Read More
This letter was written seven years later. The reason for it was to check on the copyright issues that might come from my selling an RPG article based on Manly Wade Wellman’s Silver John stories. The article never sold but I did get a great glimpse into Karl and Francis Read More
Ghosts, as a monster of interest to horror fans, have fallen on hard times. Films, cartoons and comic books like Casper the Friendly Ghost and Ghostbusters play up the comedic angles of ethereal spirits. The Ring (2003) was a huge success as a horror film because its creator remembered something Read More
